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in a neigbbourliood jrenerally falls upon one or two persons, who 
may be desirous ol hav.ing a factory where they can deliver 
the milk from their cows, and have it manufactured. They, 
perhaps, have examined the workings of some factory, and 
have become convinced that greater profits are to be realised from 
the factory-system than from the larm dairy, besides relieving 
tlu! wife and daughter from the drudgery attendant upon butter- 
making at home. They therefore endeavour to bring tlieir neigh- 
bours to the same opinion, and to induce them to join in erecting 
the proper building, &c. They go about and talk with their 
neighbours, and finally call a meeting at some central point in 
the neighbourhood, when all are invited to come and discuss the 
advantages and disadvantages of the system. 
The cost of erecting a good factor}-, and supplying it Avith 
machinery and dairy appliances, is not far from 4000 dollars 
(800/,), and the farmers of the neighbourhood are expected to 
join together, and pay for the erection of the buildings, in pro- 
portion to the size of their farms, or number of cows from which 
anilk is to be delivered. The shares are put at from 10 dollars 
to 50 dollars each (2/. to 21. 10s.), so as to be within the reach of 
farmers who have but few cows. As a preliminary, a simple 
agreement, something like the following, is draAvn up and circu- 
lated for signature : — 
" We, the undersigned, residents of the town of , 
and county of , and State of New York, hereby agree 
to enter into association, for the purpose of erecting and working a 
Butter Factory in the said town. And Ave severally and indivi- 
dually bind ourselves by these presents, on or before the 1st day 
of , 1870, to pay to our regularly appointed Building 
Committee the seA'eral sums set opposite our names, for the 
purpose of building and furnishing the said factory. And it is 
understood and agreed that Avhen the said factory shall have been 
completed and opened for Avork, each member of the Association 
is to patronise it by deliA'ering milk for one year, in proportion 
to the number of cows set opposite his name. The manu- 
factured product of the said milk shall be sold by the regularly 
appointed agent of the Association, and each member shall 
receive his share of the sales in proportion to the quantity of 
milk delivered, less the cost of manufacturing, &c. This agree- 
ment shall not to be binding unless the sum of 4000 dollars 
(800/.) and the milk of 400 cows are subscribed. 
Name. | Amount. j No. of Cows." 
This is intended to be only a preliminary agreement. After 
the stock shall have been subscribed, a meeting is called, officers 
